sui juris
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sui juris
First recorded in 1605–15, sui juris is from Latin suī jūris “of one's own right”
Example Sentences
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Wherefore, since the girl is not sui juris, she must be in the power, either of Virginius, who says he is her father, or of Claudius, who says he is her master.
From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus
It makes this nature sui juris, incommunicable, and entirely independent in the mode of its actual being: leaving untouched, of course, the essential dependence of the created “subsisting thing” or “person” on the Creator.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
With the sudden promotion to the category of persons sui juris, the poor "child" was a prey to great distress, everything worried her, everything was an insuperable difficulty.
From The Grandee by Palacio Valdés, Armando
Quoth he, Th' one half of man, his mind, Is, sui juris, unconfin'd, And cannot be laid by the heels, 1015 Whate'er the other moiety feels.
From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel
From the time of Diocletian the woman who was sui juris was a subject of the state without intermediary, just as her brother or husband was, and she enjoyed free disposition of herself.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
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